The wind is tossing the lilacs, The new leaves laugh in the sun, And the petals fall on the orchard wall, But for me the spring is done. – Sara Teasdale
The Edgartown police department was hard at work early Friday morning — in the kitchen.They had to cook for a crowd, after all. By noon, 80 senior citizens came to the fire station to dine on food prepared by the police department, “our way to say thank you to the seniors, and to let them get to...
From new ferries to a terminal overhaul in Woods Hole, the Steamship Authority will be embarking on some major capital planning and spending projects in the coming years.
At the monthly boat line meeting in Hyannis this week, the SSA governors took a look at planning for two major projects: the replacement of aging vessels and reconstruction of the terminal at Woods Hole.
On his 103rd day on the job, Massachusetts Secretary of Education Matthew H. Malone came to the Vineyard for a full immersion in Island education: he chatted up students and praised the school’s vocational program, made suggestions for school fundraisers and sampled the culinary program’s scalloped potatoes.
Mr. Malone was on the Island Thursday for a look at Vineyard schools and to listen to...
James Flight Alley, 81, former West Tisbury postmaster and selectman, conservationist and life-long Democrat, real estate broker, horse dealer, farmer, new- and used-car salesman, and owner, with his brother, John, and his late sister, Phyllis Alley Smith, of Alley’s General Store from 1961 to 1981, died in West Tisbury on Wednesday after a long bout with cancer.
It’s been 16 years since her first ferry ride to the Island. Luciana Freire wipes a sink and remembers it all as clearly as if it was yesterday.
“I flew from Sao Paolo, Brazil to New York. A friend of my husband’s, a guy I’ve never met before, picks me up and drives me to Woods Hole. I see the boat. I can’t believe my eyes. It’s huge. So white. I’ve never seen a boat like this. Then I’m...
Calendar of Events
May 18, 2013
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8:30 amVolunteer Build Day with Habitat for Humanity is from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 50 Bailey Park Road off Great Plains Road in West Tisbury.
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8:30 amFly Casting and Fly Fishing Workshop is from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Martha's Vineyard Rod and Gun Club.
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9:00 amSaturday Art Adventure: Animals in Art for children ages three to eight with Lani Carney is from 9 a.m.
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9:00 amGuided Birding Tour with Robert Culbert is from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
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9:00 amWee Farmers for ages two to five with an adult is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Farm Institute. Cost is $15.
